Lorilie Schiele Nelson ~ thoughts and more thoughts~: FORGIVENESS 10

Forgiveness Nuggets 10

Perhaps the most evident sign of holding unforgiveness in our hearts is the way we sometimes attack other people when we are wronged and become irritated. If the heart is full of unforgiveness, that’s what naturally will be reflected in our speech. It is a poison that spews out of us.

Matt 12:34-35 (NIV)

34You brood of vipers, how can you who are evil say anything good? For out of the overflow of the heart the mouth speaks. 35The good man brings good things out of the good stored up in him, and the evil man brings evil things out of the evil stored up in him.

“It’s not acceptable to unstop what is in our hearts, run off at the mouth and pour untempered negative feelings on others whenever we’re stimulated. God will hold us accountable for all that we say and do. Forgiveness is necessary.

We need to become aware of the vast difference between rehearsing feelings and attitudes, and confessing them.

When we rehearse our grievances, they become more and more ingrained in us and will become permanently lodged in our heart.

If we are truly willing to deal with our issues and give our angers and bitterness to Jesus to be dealt death blows, then what comes from our mouths will be confession.

Jesus accomplishes forgiveness in us, but we must first repentantly confess our feelings and seek to forgive as a daily, moment-by-moment discipline.”

Eph 4:31-32 (NIV)

31Get rid of all bitterness, rage and anger, brawling and slander, along with every form of malice. 32Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ God forgave you.

James 1:19-20 (NIV)

19My dear brothers, take note of this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak and slow to become angry, 20for man's anger does not bring about the righteous life that God desires.

James 1:26 (NIV)

26If anyone considers himself religious and yet does not keep a tight rein on his tongue, he deceives himself and his religion is worthless.

James 3: 10 (NIV)

9With the tongue we praise our Lord and Father, and with it we curse men, who have been made in God's likeness. 10Out of the same mouth come praise and cursing. My brothers, this should not be.9-

James 4:1-2 (NIV)

1What causes fights and quarrels among you? Don't they come from your desires that battle within you? 2You want something but don't get it. You kill and covet, but you cannot have what you want. You quarrel and fight. You do not have, because you do not ask God.